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In 2011, the tri-county area, including a very large portion of Jeff Davis County, fell victim to the devastating Rock House Fire. The wildfire decimated homes and livestock, displaced families as well as wildlife, and had fire fighters from across the country working around the clock to contain it.

Congressman Tony Gonzales -TX-23 recently introduced the Border Patrol Pay Parity Act. This legislation, in accordance with special pay authority, directs the Office of Personnel Management to increase the minimum rate of pay for certain U.S. Border Patrol Agents by at least 14%. This bill has been endorsed by the National Border Patrol Council, which represents approximately 18,000 Border Patrol Agents and support personnel assigned to the U.S. Border Patrol.

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The City of Alpine held their regularly scheduled city council meeting last Tuesday evening in the council chambers. Besides other items on the agenda, the canvassing of votes and the swearing in of the newly elected council members was the primary focus at the beginning of the meeting.

Amidst overcast skies, warm temperatures, and humidity, the Alpine Runnin’ Lady Buck relay team did Alpine proud. Facing tough competition in the 3-A competition against eight other top schools, the Lady Bucks placed seventh, with a time of 1:45.98.

Senior Ummi Chanez of Marfa held her own in Austin last week against competitors from across the state in the 1A 1600 Meter and 3200M races. Her coach, Edgar Ramirez said, “Ummi has been to state in cross country all four years of high school, but this is the first year she’s competed in track.

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A series of summer basketball camps will be held at the Pete P. Gallego Center this summer.